Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 118.179.152.173Malicious

IP Address: 118.179.152.173Malicious

This IP address attempted an attack on a machine in our threat sensors network

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

MSRPC SMB Outgoing Connection Service Creation CMD Service Start SMB Null Session Login Access Suspicious Domain Service Deletion Successful SMB Login

Associated Attack Servers

nexlinx.net.pk

83.239.7.166 116.58.10.59 138.68.78.116

Basic Information

IP Address

118.179.152.173

Domain

-

ISP

DhakaCom Limited

Country

Bangladesh

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-05-17

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-02-08

What is Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a data center and cloud security solution that protects the organization's core assets, using flexible, quickly deployed and easy to understand micro-segmentation controls. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation generates in-context security incidents, with details on attacker tools and techniques, that help IR teams prioritize incident investigation and reduce dwell time. Learn More

Attack Flow

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 2 times

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC01 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 116.58.10.59:16778, 138.68.78.116:11016 and 83.239.7.166:15725

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: nexlinx.net.pk

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC06 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Connection was closed due to timeout